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Author:  The-10-Pen [ 17 Apr 2026, 12:05 ]
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A pet peeve thread.

I've never really been a fan of drug companies advertising their drugs on tv commercials.
To make matters worse, my tv provider, and even many of my streaming web sites, tend to play commercials BACK-TO-BACK.
Literally the same exact commercial played back-to-back with nothing between.

Today's Pet Peeve:
Just had to watch some stupid drug commercial, back-to-back.
Didn't catch the name of the drug, just some skin condition drug.
Didn't even catch if it was an ointment or a pill.

30 second commercial.
ENTIRE commercial (on mute, I always mute commercials) was nothing but a red rash being scratched to scabs!
An entire 30 seconds of watching somebody scratch themselves raw!

Doesn't wanna make me go out and ask a doctor for the ointment or pill, makes me wanna grab a bottle of Pepto-Bismol and drink the entire bottle.
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 24 Apr 2026, 14:43 ]
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Today's Pet Peeve:

Marijuana b&llsh#t of any shape or kind being discussed as "news".
Author:  UCyborg [ 25 Apr 2026, 16:55 ]
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The-10-Pen wrote: *  17 Apr 2026, 12:05
30 second commercial.
ENTIRE commercial (on mute, I always mute commercials) was nothing but a red rash being scratched to scabs!
An entire 30 seconds of watching somebody scratch themselves raw!
Obelix would say: These Americans are crazy!
Author:  Iffy-chan [ 28 Apr 2026, 14:31 ]
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The-10-Pen wrote: *  24 Apr 2026, 14:43
Today's Pet Peeve:

Marijuana b&llsh#t of any shape or kind being discussed as "news".
Not gonna lie, that stuff just makes me feel icky, and there's a certain 'pressuring' culture around it that annoys me, like everyone else is doing stuff like that who's 'cool' or idk.

Sex and drugs, cigarettes and alcohol, and being proud of falling into a hole? I dunno, not my cup of tea...
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 29 Apr 2026, 17:08 ]
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Today's Pet Peeve:

When one of our "two parties" (USA "two party system") will stand and applaud a Visiting King from another country yet *PAY* protesters to attend "No Kings Rallies".

Tongue-in-cheek, of course, just seems "hypocritical" to me, lol.

(edit: hypocritical because there is so much HATE in US Politics that ANYBODY with an R behind their name could CURE CANCER and EVERYBODY with a D behind their name would SIT and CROSS THEIR ARMS and POUT LIKE A BABY when everybody else in the room "jumps for joy" and "applauds" that CANCER HAS BEEN CURED.)
Author:  Duke [ 29 Apr 2026, 19:04 ]
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The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 17:08
When one of our "two parties" [...] *PAY* protesters
Evidences ?
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 29 Apr 2026, 19:17 ]
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Duke wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 19:04
The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 17:08
When one of our "two parties" [...] *PAY* protesters
Evidences ?
Research it yourself.
I've told you before, I will not hold your hand, and I personally feel you won't believe it anyway unless it is the product of your own research.
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 29 Apr 2026, 19:50 ]
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Here, this is a START, I *beg* of you to DO SOME RESEARCH !!!
https://legalexplained.substack.com/p/decoded-the-real-story-behind-no

IT HAPPENS ON BOTH "SIDES".

Hell, our city has PROVEN that "homeless people" were being PAID to stand on street corners and BEG FOR FOOD.
Being paid by CALIFORNIA "interests" and California is over TWO THOUSAND MILES AWAY.
That was last summer. I'd all but bet money on it that they will be back again this summer.
Probably in YOUR CITY also.
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 29 Apr 2026, 19:54 ]
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That link is NOT ALL INCLUSIVE.
One of the ceos or presidents of one of the companies funding protest rallies has ADMITTED that she used to be paid to attend rallies.
That was not a No Kings rally. I forget the name of the company. The REALITY is this, if you are SINCERE in your RESEARCH, you will find it !!!
And you will ONLY believe it if YOU YOURSELF find it !!! I believe that a thousandfold.
Author:  Duke [ 29 Apr 2026, 19:57 ]
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The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 19:17
Duke wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 19:04
The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 17:08
When one of our "two parties" [...] *PAY* protesters
Evidences ?
Research it yourself.
I've told you before, I will not hold your hand, and I personally feel you won't believe it anyway unless it is the product of your own research.
That means you don't have any evidences.
Such claims without any evidences or sources are useless, like peeing in the wind. Anyone can say anything like on these so called "social" platforms and some people will believe it, the reason why the world is going mad.
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 29 Apr 2026, 19:59 ]
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NOT to be "intentionally misinterpreted".
I'm only stating that "three or four" people at a tens-of-thousands attendee event were paid to be there.
I am not, and never did, claim that "9 thousand out of 10 thousand" were paid to attend - which is what I think you "heard".
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 29 Apr 2026, 20:01 ]
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Duke wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 19:57
The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 19:17
Duke wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 19:04


Evidences ?
Research it yourself.
I've told you before, I will not hold your hand, and I personally feel you won't believe it anyway unless it is the product of your own research.
That means you don't have any evidences.
Such claims without any evidences or sources are useless, like peeing in the wind. Anyone can say anything like on these so called "social" platforms and some people will believe it, the reason why the world is going mad.
Not true and F&ck Off! Yeah, I said that out loud !!! Go ahead and ban me for not having "your political view".
I did provide a link. Did we cross-post and you didn't see it yet?
Author:  Duke [ 29 Apr 2026, 20:02 ]
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The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 19:50
Here, this is a START, I *beg* of you to DO SOME RESEARCH !!!
https://legalexplained.substack.com/p/decoded-the-real-story-behind-no
substack.com :roll:

The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 19:50
Hell, our city has PROVEN that "homeless people" were being PAID to stand on street corners and BEG FOR FOOD.
Being paid by CALIFORNIA "interests" and California is over TWO THOUSAND MILES AWAY.
That's stupid. If you were homeless and being given some money what would you do with it ? Begging for food on street corners ?
Author:  Duke [ 29 Apr 2026, 20:04 ]
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The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 20:01
Not true and F&ck Off! Yeah, I said that out loud !!! Go ahead and ban me for not having "your political view".
I did provide a link. Did we cross-post and you didn't see it yet?
Yes, we did cross post. So if you saw it there is no reason for insults.
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 29 Apr 2026, 20:09 ]
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Duke wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 20:02
The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 19:50
Here, this is a START, I *beg* of you to DO SOME RESEARCH !!!
https://legalexplained.substack.com/p/decoded-the-real-story-behind-no
substack.com :roll:

The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 19:50
Hell, our city has PROVEN that "homeless people" were being PAID to stand on street corners and BEG FOR FOOD.
Being paid by CALIFORNIA "interests" and California is over TWO THOUSAND MILES AWAY.
That's stupid. If you were homeless and being given some money what would you do with it ? Begging for food on street corners ?
You misread. I did not say that homeless people were being paid to beg for food.
A California company was paying people THAT OWN A HOME AND A CAR to stand on street corners and PRETEND to be homeless.
You could literally follow them from their street corner to the NOT-NEW BUT NOT-THAT-OLD CAR parked a few blocks away.
I can only ASSUME that it paid them MORE then their real job, so they quit a REAL JOB to be paid to beg for food instead.
Granted, these weren't "career-minded" folks, they were the types of people that only hold a job for a few months and move on to something else.


Here, read this one also - https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/what-crowds-demand-us-firm-that-pays-people-attend-protests-how-you-can-apply-1741261
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 29 Apr 2026, 20:19 ]
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Here's another - https://disruptarian.com/blog/the-paid-protester-economy-whos-funding-the-outrage/

I could find DOZENS (plural!). But I still maintain that you will believe them more if YOU FIND THEM YOURSELF.
All you are going to do is claim that anything and everything I could possibly link to isn't in YOUR LIST OF TRUSTED SOURCES.

"Not my problem."
Author:  Duke [ 29 Apr 2026, 20:20 ]
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The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 20:09
Here, read this one also - https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/what-crowds-demand-us-firm-that-pays-people-attend-protests-how-you-can-apply-1741261
An article written by Vinay Patel. Any link with the alcoholic Kash Patel ?
You see, I can make claims too. It's so easy.
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 29 Apr 2026, 20:22 ]
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Cross-posted again. Or I was still editing.

So I'll say it again:

All you are going to do is claim that anything and everything I could possibly link to isn't in YOUR LIST OF TRUSTED SOURCES.

"Not my problem."
Author:  wuggy [ 29 Apr 2026, 20:25 ]
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The fuck did I just walk into? Can we like not have politics here please, I know it’s not an official rule but it’s a common sense rule in most communities
Author:  Duke [ 29 Apr 2026, 21:16 ]
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The-10-Pen wrote: *  29 Apr 2026, 20:22
All you are going to do is claim that anything and everything I could possibly link to isn't in YOUR LIST OF TRUSTED SOURCES.
I'm not saying that, what I'm saying is that I'm not convinced by some random articles that don't show any evidences but are only making claims.
And BTW, the more you shout using caps, bold and large fonts and the less I'm listening to you. That 'style' doesn't impress me. At all. Excesses and insults don't replace arguments. We can just have a normal and civilized discussion.
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 29 Apr 2026, 21:45 ]
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Fair enough. I *like* bold and italics and large and small. But yeah, "most" see it as "yelling" (I do not!).

Did you at least read the 2nd (3rd? I lost count) link? ie, this one: https://disruptarian.com/blog/the-paid-protester-economy-whos-funding-the-outrage/

Does that one fit your criteria?
Maybe you have to live in a city (like mine!) where local newspapers cover Californians funding panhandlers to "see" it happening elsewhere.
It happens here quite a bit. We are a "swing state" so we see a lot of "buying votes" (by way of "propaganda") going on in this state.
You do have to LEARN how to SEE IT. If you don't "live it", then it's kind of hard to explain.
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 09 May 2026, 10:15 ]
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So Apple was in the news for their tens of thousands of percent gain in the last 25 years.

A Pet Peeve of mine has always (well, not "always") been when the "biased and opinionated" spell Microsoft as M$.
I'm from the Apple IIe versus Commodore 64 era.

I guess it's also a sign of the times, look at MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS stock compared to Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia.

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Author:  the_r3dacted [ 10 May 2026, 02:00 ]
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I'm old school and still call Microsoft Microshaft lol, or Microshit depending on how I feel. Apple doesn't really have a good funny name like that that I know of. I just say Apple bad in various ways.
Author:  wuggy [ 10 May 2026, 02:19 ]
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the_r3dacted wrote: *  10 May 2026, 02:00
I'm old school and still call Microsoft Microshaft lol, or Microshit depending on how I feel. Apple doesn't really have a good funny name like that that I know of. I just say Apple bad in various ways.
Crapple
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 10 May 2026, 06:29 ]
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I spent 6 (7?) years as a "teacher". (I was not degreed as a "teacher", I was an "industry professional" teaching based on work experience).
I taught evening courses (Algebra, Trigononometry, Beginners Electrician Math, PLC Controllers, Industrial Motor Controls).
My students ranged from GED Students (ie, High School dropouts returning to school for their High School diploma) to "journeymen" and "apprentices".
Our schools call these "paraprofessionals" nowadays.

One of the schools that I taught at only had MAC computers.
I *declined* that job on account of those MAC computers!
The COMPANIES that contract courses through the school were FURIOUS that they did not offer my courses (despite being listed in brochures).
These companies ranged from mom-and-pop electrical repair shops to airport repair technicians.
They set up a lab with WINDOWS computers by the very next semester so that the COMPANIES would not contract through a different school.

I had nothing against MAC computers, per se.
But at that time (decades ago!), you could simply NOT program PLC's on a MAC.
And therefore, I could not teach "journeymen" and "apprentices" on them!
Author:  wuggy [ 10 May 2026, 09:11 ]
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The-10-Pen wrote: *  10 May 2026, 06:29
I spent 6 (7?) years as a "teacher".
hehehehehheeh 67 hehhehehehehe
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 10 May 2026, 09:12 ]
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Um, I don't get it. What's the significance of "67" as being funny?
Author:  The-10-Pen [ 10 May 2026, 09:15 ]
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Author:  The-10-Pen [ 12 May 2026, 13:24 ]
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Today's Pet Peeve:

Public Passive Aggressive b#tch#ng and wh#n#ing about "console errors".
All by the same person, carrying on for weeks now, passive-aggression towards Roytam1's web site.
Seriously, I would ask "who freakin' cares", but that would only seem to encourage this ONE person's AGGRESSIONS towards Roytam1.
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Author:  Duke [ 12 May 2026, 19:44 ]
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Now walls have ears, well, almost:
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/11/the-walls-dont-have-ears-but-fiber-optic-does/

Big Brother is getting bigger and bigger, and closer to us every day. :-x
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